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Outlier Construction met with the Ashland Parks Foundation representatives and Ashland Parks Manager Kevin Caldwell on 5/4/26 to review the starting construction time-line on the Butler Perozzi Fountain Replacement. Construction fencing was placed around the perimeter of the fountain work site on May 4 and a construction office trailer and dumpster will be on site…
The timeworn Lithia Park artwork is dismantled and parts removed; sculptors will carve a replica from Vermont marble, more durable than the original Italian material.
Article by Peter Finkle for Ashland.news
The Ashland Parks Foundation, upon the recommendation of our Construction Steering Committee and the support of our plan from the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, is having an exact replica of the fountain made.
The Ashland Parks Foundation and its Butler-Perozzi Fountain Restoration Steering Committee would like to acknowledge all those who donated to its fundraising campaign through December 2023.
Lithia Park and the installation of the Butler-Perozzi Fountain were the result of a grand movement of its time. Read about the foresight Ashland residents of the 19th and 20th century implemented during the “City Beautiful” movement, and the influence of groups such as the The Chautauqua Association and The Ashland Women’s Civic Improvement Club had on parks that have contributed to the charm, and livability, of Ashland.
In this article by Peter Finkle, learn about the biggest bash in Ashland history which coincided with the unveiling of the Butler-Perozzi fountain over 100 years ago!